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Scranton council votes to ask Lackawanna County to reconsider Code Blue threshold
Scranton City Council · November 19, 2025
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Summary
Council voted to send a letter to Lackawanna County asking it to consider raising the temperature threshold that triggers countywide Code Blue shelters, while also discussing the city’s own authority to set a local threshold.
Scranton City Council voted to send a letter to Lackawanna County requesting the county consider raising the temperature at which Code Blue shelters open, part of an ongoing city conversation about homelessness services and shelter staffing.
Councilmembers debated whether the county or the city should set thresholds and discussed trade-offs in…
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